Travellers: On Errands Requiring Despatch: Saluted No Man by the Way

So Elisha said to Gehazi, “Tie up your garment, take my staff in your hand, and go! If you meet anyone, do not greet him, and if anyone greets you, do not answer him. Then lay my staff on the boy’s face.”

Carry no purse or bag or sandals. Do not greet anyone along the road.